"John" > wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I've made wine from a few kits in the past, but seem to have struck a
> problem this weekend when making a Red kit from Beaverdale. Never made a
> red wine before, so when a family member arrived on my doorstep with a 30
> bottle kit from Beaverdale to make a Barolo, I felt quite excited as to
> how things might turn out.
>
> All my other kits had been Beaverdale, but whites, so I was fairly
> confident about things and everyone who had tried the wines were suitably
> impressed. Everything went as planned and I bottled-up this weekend. Last
> night I tried a bottle and was quite suprised at the 'watery' taste.
> Colour was good, but there didn't seem to be much taste at all. My wife
> tried some and agreed with me - I finished the bottle and went to bed
> wondering what had happened.

You have only left it a couple of days. You will need to wait at least a
couple of months for flavour to come through. I also have a 30 bottle
Beaversdale Barolo on the go which I will be bottling at the weekend, but
dont plan to taste it till at least March 2008.

Rodders